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We Honor and Remember:

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Sgt. Joseph L. Diaz Jr.
Hometown: Burlington Township, NJ.
Age: 29 years old.
Died: May 13, 2012.   Operation Enduring Freedom.
Unit: 630th Engineer Company, 7th Engineer Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade, Fort Drum, NY.

Birth: Dec. 25, 1982, Rahway, Union County, New Jersey, USA

Born in Rahway, N.J., Mr. Diaz was a longtime Willingboro and Burlington Township resident.
He was a 1997 graduate of Corpus Christi grammar school, and a 2001 graduate of Burlington Township High School, where he ran cross country and track, and was a member of the National Honor Society. Mr. Diaz was a 2005 graduate of Rutgers University, where he majored in Political Science, and was a member of Pi Sigma Alpha - National Political Science Honor Society.

After working a few years in the insurance industry, he joined the U.S. Army in January of 2009, and was currently serving as an E-5/Sgt. He was deployed to Afghanistan from July 2009 to July 2010, and received numerous honors and awards including, GWTSM- Global War On Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, NCW-Army Commendation Medal, AAM- Army Achievement Medal, NDSM- National Defense Service Medal, ACM-Army Campaign, OSR-Overseas Service Ribbon, NOPDR- NCO Professional Development Ribbon. Sgt. Diaz always enjoyed running and keeping in shape.

He is survived by his parents, Jose and Patricia Diaz of Burlington Township; his sister, Sonya of Burlington Township; his maternal grandmother, Angelica Diaz of Orlando, Fla.; and many uncles, aunts, cousins and friends.
 
Burial:
Brig. Gen. Wm. C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery 
Wrightstown, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA

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